Ctrl Wallet Launches an All-in-One Fintech-Crypto App in 5.5 Months

European users managing fiat and crypto in separate apps lose time, context, and security discipline. Ctrl Wallet set out to unify personal finance and cryptocurrency in one regulated platform: multi-currency wallets, banking connectivity, and instant verification without treating compliance as a launch-week patch.

Speed to market mattered, but not at the cost of trust. Leadership targeted an MVP in under six months with infrastructure that could support 10,000+ active users and automated release quality from day one.

Our approach

We delivered a React Native MVP on a Node.js and PostgreSQL backend hosted on AWS. Plaid connectivity, biometric login, instant KYC, and multilingual support shipped in one codebase for iOS and Android. Three hundred plus automated tests and CI/CD pipelines guarded every release.

• React Native MVP for iOS and Android from a single codebase
• Plaid integration, biometric auth, and instant KYC for onboarding
• Node.js and PostgreSQL backend engineered for 10,000+ active users
• 300+ automated tests and CI/CD securing release velocity

Results

Ctrl Wallet launched in 5.5 months and crossed 15,000 signups with a 4.7+ app store rating. Monthly active user retention held on a platform built to scale with demand.

• 5.5 months from kickoff to public MVP launch
• 15,000+ signups after launch
• 4.7+ average app store rating
• Production infrastructure and test automation ready for growth beyond MVP